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Economies of scale, purchasing clout and a more strategic outlook are often cited as the stand-out benefits of working together, but many have concerns. CPM talks to AF Group and its members about how to overcome these. It makes perfect sense to work closer together to achieve what we want to. By Tom Allen-Stevens Fellow farmer is a term that, could be said, has many facets. Sometimes your neighbour is your closest collaborator while at others, they’re your fiercest competitor. The plus and downsides of collaboration are felt across the industry, and nowhere is this more acute than with co-operatives and buying groups, notes AF Group business manager for crop production Martyn Rogers. “The industry’s seen a lot of consolidation in recent years. At one end there are fewer manufacturers and distributors. At the other, there are fewer farmers, and farms are getting bigger. But with farmer-owned buying groups, there’s not been a lot of change over the past decade, which makes you wonder whether they’re operating as efficiently as they could be.” AF Group is arguably well placed to judge – as the largest farmer-owned buying group in the UK, it now has 4000+ members and a turnover…
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